How to Install and Uninstall cups Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "cups" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install cups on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cups
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cups" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall cups on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cups
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cups package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: cups
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4.2-1ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1075
Depends: cups-client (>= 2.4.2-1ubuntu2), cups-common (>= 2.4.2-1ubuntu2), cups-core-drivers (>= 2.4.2-1ubuntu2), cups-daemon (>= 2.4.2-1ubuntu2), cups-filters, cups-ppdc, cups-server-common (>= 2.4.2-1ubuntu2), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, ghostscript, libcups2 (= 2.4.2-1ubuntu2), poppler-utils, procps, libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.36), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.16)
Recommends: avahi-daemon, colord
Suggests: cups-bsd, cups-pdf, foomatic-db-compressed-ppds | foomatic-db, smbclient, udev
Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups_2.4.2-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 270224
MD5sum: f9f15d6fdf06e6a6163ec51a3a09f662
SHA1: 04e93b0f620917ff0651d4ebdb3e0f0399ded57e
SHA256: 4366dfa9c597e59389ec43936b2258edda25fae9664b4fc00a0f645b6e472c17
SHA512: b044e6ef2df9970b31f7814fcf76e591415a1dc14bc08bcaafea2d906222c6eb1277d9f7598cbb7ea6e1e415fbac8e242de6cac1cb63a5260155fb5ccf858774
Homepage: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/
Description: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD/driver support, web interface
Description-md5: 757338adad655b8f7da62fcd23ed6453
Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi